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Description
The ICTSD Latin American Policy
Dialogue was convened in Santiago, Chile, from 8-10 November 1999
and hosted by the UN Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC). It was the first of a series of three regional policy
dialogues for Latin America, Asia and Africa that are being convened
by ICTSD under the aegis of the UNCTAD/UNDP Programme on
Globalisation, Liberalisation and Sustainable Human Development
(SHD).
The objective of the Santiago Dialogue was to provide region-specific
inputs to UNCTAD X's task of crafting new policy approaches
and helping Latin American countries manage their insertion in
the globalisation process in a way that supports SHD objectives. The
meeting brought together a selected group of leaders from academia,
NGOs, the private sector, and governments as well as
representatives from UNCTAD, UNDP and ECLAC.
Notes for discussion intended to address
the relationships between globalisation, liberalisation and SHD
were commissioned on the following subjects: (i) how to
manage uncertainty and risks from globalisation; (ii) an examination
of public policy choices towards environmental risk in
credit operations and risks in public debt management; (iii)
the contribution of health investments to the productivity of
labour assets and savings; and, (iv) an assessment of trade,
environment, and sustainable human development in the context of
globalisation. These and other notes for discussion were used by moderators
to initiate dialogue on the different agenda items during two
full days before finally drafting recommendations:
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